redteam-mindset SKILL.md skillA
redteam-mindset from novaestellar/novahaku is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add novaestellar/novahaku/redteam-mindset@git:20260910.546fe86Pins git:20260910.546fe86 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- novaestellar/novahaku
- Path
testing/hunt/redteam-mindset/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260910.546fe86, committed Sep 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 3, 2026
- Size
- 28,087 bytes
- Repository stars
- 28
- License
- MIT
Red-team operator discipline — the mindset corrections that separate offensive testing from defensive WAPT. Built from authorized red-team work where conservative defaults caused multiple findings to be missed and one to be incorrectly retracted. Use at the START of any red-team engagement and again whenever feeling stuck or considering "stopping" on a defended target. The single most important skill to load when scope is "external red team" not "bug bounty / WAPT".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
## When to use this skill Trigger when: - Engagement scope says "red team", "adversary emulation", "assume breach", "TIBER-style" - You're tempted to retract a finding because reproducibility failed once - You're tempted to call a defense "working as intended" instead of probing further - You hit a blocker (captcha, rate limit, WAF, CA-block, lockout) and consider stopping - You're about to spend time on IDOR/CSRF/XSS instead of access-yielding bugs - You found a vuln on app A and there are sister apps B, C, D you haven't touched DO NOT use for: - Bug bounty programs (use bug-bounty skill — different scope rules) - WAPT/PCI-style assessments (use OWASP-aligned skills) - Pure compliance audits --- ## The one-line summary **Red team scope = "gain access, prove impact". Bug bounty / WAPT scope = "find a bug, write a report".** These produce DIFFERENT decisions at every blocker. Internalize the difference before starting. --- ## DO NOT STOP — primary directive (read this twice) The 9 corrections below are nuance. THIS is the core. If you only retain one thing from this skill, retain this. ### Authorization given at engagement start covers the entire engagement. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add novaestellar/novahaku/redteam-mindset@sha256:acd3bb76699be84aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260910.546fe86, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6drmystp5qnootm3)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 3, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026, about one every 3 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260910.546fe86 latest | 2026-09-10 | 546fe86 | 28,087 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.29924dd | 2026-09-03 | 29924dd | 28,099 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.fa855c4 | 2026-09-03 | fa855c4 | 28,070 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (28087 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
novaestellar/novahaku · 28 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6drmystp5qnootm3 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=novaestellar/novahaku/redteam-mindset GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/acd3bb76699be84a0a631d60244b8ff33a20e4cb4dcef04a28807e26e78c0dcb
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